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2017 Targets for San Antonio

Reaching Everyone

In 2016 we will complete a water system covering 17 communities, and together with new systems in 3 additional communities, this will represent 47% of the San Antiono community gaining access to safe water. We will continue to ramp up our focus on water quality through hypochlorination with new installations in 5 systems, and continuous treatment in at least 50% of total systems.

Achieving Forever

In 2016 we will build the water committees' capacity to ensure that at least 20 communities are setting sustainable tariffs. In addition, Water For People will work with the district to create a strategic water and sanitation plan to ensure the sustainable operation and maintenance of water systems in each community. This will increase San Antonio's level of sustainability by 22%.

22%

Progress To Everyone: Water

Communities With Adequate Water Service

-1%

-5%

Behind The Data

2016

Water For People continuously refines our metrics to capture usable data. In 2016, we have sharpened our focus from whether a given community has access to water service to whether there is access for every household in that community. This change puts Water For People at the leading edge of the new Sustainable Development Goal for water (SDG6). However, in establishing a more rigorous baseline for service, it has also lowered our scores in some cases, particularly where the government standard is a piped connection to every home, as in Central America. Specific analysis of monitoring results will be available soon in the sections called Behind the Data, linked to each district page.

2015

Most of our programmatic activity went into the continued construction of a large scale water system—covering 17 communities—while progress was significant, it didn't result in additional coverage in 2015. The projected will be completed in 2016.

2014

Levels of service have decreased 4% since 2011 due in part to the fact that many communities have older water systems that do not provide adequate levels of service and insufficient tariff rates to cover needed operation and maintenance.

For the past several years the majority of the investment in the district has gone into the 17-communities macro-project, which will increase levels of service in the district significantly when it is completed in early 2016.

Water quality was added as a metric of level of service in 2014, which caused a decrease in scores across the organization

Data has a 5% margin of error

What’s our progress toward building sustainability for water service in San Antonio?

22%

Progress To Forever: Water

Communities With Sustainable Water Service

5%

25%

Behind The Data

2015

Sustainability in San Antonio continues to increase due to a strong, committed and active municipal government, and strong committees. The gap between tariffs and actual costs of operation and maintenance remains a challenge and will be an area of focus in 2016.

2014

Levels of sustainability in San Antonio have increased 20% since the baseline in 2011. Based off of the following:

Successful educational campaigns at the community level have significantly increased the capacity of water committees to administer, operate, and maintain water systems. These trainings were offered to entire communities, which increased participation from the users of the systems and lead to a wider understanding of the importance of water systems.

The development of model water committees who share their knowledge with other water committees in the district.

There has also been an increase in the legal recognition of water committees at the government level.

Progress To Everyone Forever: Schools And Clinics

Percentage With Adequate & Sustainable Water& Sanitation Services

-18%

-14%

Behind The Data

2015

48% of schools and clinics in San Antonio have intermediate or high levels of water and sanitation service, a 19% decrease since 2014. This decrease can be attributed gaps in the maintenance, and problems with water quality. Promoting the acceptance of chlorination systems will be a focus in 2016.

2014

Levels of water and sanitation service at schools and clinics inSan Antonio remain relatively high due to annual investments by Water For People and the municipal government to support the construction and rehabilitation of school infrastructure. In addition, parents, teachers, and students lead the operation and maintenance of school water and sanitation infrastructure to ensure that it continues to function effectively.